[ Thanks to Glyn
Moody for this link. ]
“Here’s a big win for open source: the Italian
Constitutional Court has approved a law in Piedmont giving
preference to open source, ruling that it is not anti-competitive:‘Just over a year ago, the Piedmont Regional Council passed a
law which states: “… the Region, in the process of choosing
computer programs to acquire, prefers free software and programs
whose source code can be inspected by the licensee” (Article 6,
paragraph 2).“This choice was welcomed with enthusiasm by Free Software
supporters and civil society, while the Presidency of the Italian
Council of Minister contested this law, by referring to the
Constitutional Court in order to declare it unlawful.”